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Bastrop commission adopts charter amendment to curb "walking quorums"; council-size proposal fails
Summary
The Bastrop Charter Review Commission approved an amendment creating two quorums—three for Open Meetings Act purposes and four required to conduct business—to curb informal "walking quorums." A separate proposal to add a council member failed for lack of the 10 votes needed to send a charter change to voters.
The Bastrop Charter Review Commission voted to amend the city charter to create separate quorum thresholds that supporters said will curb informal "walking quorums." The commission adopted an amendment to section 3.13 by a show-of-hands vote of 11–2.
The new language sets a quorum of three "for purposes of the Open Meetings Act"—intended to prevent a chain of private discussions among multiple council members from constituting a de facto public meeting—while retaining a heightened quorum of four members…
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